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Commonly used keyboard shortcuts for mail and calendar
You can use a number of common keyboard shortcuts in mail and calendar.

Remember that mail messages are IBM Lotus Notes documents and the calendar is a view, so for a more extensive list of shortcuts you can use in mail and calendar, refer to the keyboard shortcut tables for documents or views.

Note: In any form, view, page, or document there could be several embedded elements (the date picker in the calendar is an example of an embedded element). You can navigate to an embedded element, give focus within the embedded element, and then remove the focus to continue navigating through the form, view, page, or document. When focus is in an embedded element, the thin black frame around it disappears. When focus is removed from an embedded element, the thin black frame reappears.


Mail and calendar shortcuts
ShortcutDescription
ALT+DOWN ARROWOpen date picker, time picker, and time zone picker in new calendar entry form
ALT+DOWN ARROWOpen Select Name dialog box from drop-down control in name fields
ALT+UP ARROWClose date picker, time picker, and time zone picker in new calendar entry form and save new selection
ARROW KEYSMove through embedded date picker
CTRL+click calendar view time slot Create a new calendar entry and enter the subject at the view level (Esc saves entry)
CTRL+click existing calendar entryEdit subject at the view level (Esc saves entry)
CTRL+EEdit document
CTRL+MCreate new mail message
CTRL+PAGE DOWNMove to next day, week, or month in calendar view
CTRL+PAGE DOWNMove to selected month and day of following year in embedded date picker
CTRL+PAGE UPMove to previous day, week, or month in calendar view
CTRL+PAGE UPMove to selected month and day of previous year in embedded date picker
CTRL+SSave current document
CTRL+SHIFT+ENTERSend mail message and open new mail message in edit mode

Note: This works for sending a new mail message but not for sending a message that has been saved as a draft.

DELETEMark mail message for deletion (place mail message in Trash); delete calendar entry (permanently deletes entry)
ENTERClose date picker, time picker, and time zone picker and activate selection in new calendar entry form and save new selection
ENTERClose document and open next document
ENTEROpen selected document or view
ESCClose date picker, time picker, and time zone picker in new calendar entry form without changing selection
ESCExit embedded date picker
ESC or CTRL+WClose current document
F3Move to next selected document
F4 or TABMove to next unread document in a view

Note: If you have enabled Use Tab to navigate to Read-Only Documents in basic preferences, only F4 moves to next unread document. TAB moves to next unread document until the last unread document is selected. Then it moves to the next navigable object in the next frame. When a document is open in read-mode, TAB navigates to any embedded object such as URLs, application links, and attachments.

F6Move to next pane or frame
Focus cursor next to group name in To, CC, or BCC field, then press F9Expand a Contacts group in the To, CC, BCC field of a mail message (displays each member of the group)
F9Refresh mail or calendar views
HOMEMove to current day in embedded date picker
INSERTToggle between read and unread mark of document
PAGE DOWNMove to next month in embedded date picker
PAGE UPMove to previous month in embedded date picker
SHIFT+BACKSPACESelect previous document in view
SHIFT+DELETEDelete mail message (places message in trash)
SHIFT+ESCClose and save current document (except for mail message) without opening the Close dialog box
SHIFT+ESCSend and close mail message
SHIFT+F3Move to previous selected document
SHIFT+F4Move to previous unread document
SHIFT+F6Move to previous pane or frame
SHIFT+TABMove to previous unread document
SPACEBARGive focus to embedded date picker
TABGive focus to Refresh schedule information icon in Scheduler in a meeting entry. Then, to access the Scheduler, press Tab again to give focus to entire Scheduler, and press Spacebar to give focus to the first item in Scheduler. Then do any of these:

Press Tab to give focus to different items within Scheduler.

Press Ctrl+Left arrow and Ctrl+Right arrow to move the time bar when it has focus.

Press Esc to remove focus from the Scheduler, and then press Shift+Tab to give focus to previous items in the meeting entry.

Related topics
Mail
Calendar and to do list
Accessibility features for Notes